by Olivia Augustin | Mar 25, 2022 | Guest Interview
In this episode of English for Engineers, I catch up with an old schoolmate, Christian Urich, a civil and environmental engineer now based in Melbourne, Australia, about how engineering culture changes once you cross a border — from the number-heavy calculations of...
by Olivia Augustin | Jan 4, 2022 | Guest Interview
You can have perfect grammar and still get completely misread. That’s the whole premise of these two episodes — one long conversation with Ama Zbarcea, split in half because there was too much good stuff to cut. Ama is a legal expert, a polyglot, and someone...
by Olivia Augustin | Jan 4, 2022 | International Projects
A Japanese engineer emails a question to his German counterpart. The German technician knows the answer and replies the same day, problem solved. Later in the project, the German has a question of his own for his Japanese counterpart. This time, it takes up to a week...
by Olivia Augustin | Dec 22, 2021 | Communication at Work
A senior lawyer, the head of an entire legal department, turned bright red on a train. He was escorting a 19-year-old intern to her first day at a British office. She had arrived from the US days earlier, and he had two pieces of advice before they reached the...
by Olivia Augustin | Dec 8, 2021 | Solo Session
What I Mean by “English for Engineers” In this episode of English for Engineers, I take on three terms that get thrown around constantly: Business English, Simplified Technical English, and Technical English, and explain why none of them, on their own,...
by Olivia Augustin | Nov 23, 2021 | Solo Session
In the first episode of the English for Engineers podcast, Olivia introduces herself and explains why a civil engineer ended up building a business around language. She also shares four ways to work on your English starting tonight, no course required. Olivia’s...
